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Outbreak of Burkholderia cepacia Bacteremia Caused by Contaminated Chlorhexidine in a Hemodialysis Unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

M. P. Romero-Gómez ,
M. I. Quiles-Melero ,
P. Peña García ,
A. Gutiérrez Altes ,
M. A. García de Miguel ,
C. Jiménez ,
Sylvia Valdezate  and
J. A. Sáez Nieto
M. P. Romero-Gómez*
Affiliation:
Departments of Microbiology and Parasitology, Madrid, Spain
M. I. Quiles-Melero
Affiliation:
Departments of Microbiology and Parasitology, Madrid, Spain
P. Peña García
Affiliation:
Departments of Microbiology and Parasitology, Madrid, Spain
A. Gutiérrez Altes
Affiliation:
Departments of Microbiology and Parasitology, Madrid, Spain
M. A. García de Miguel
Affiliation:
Nephrology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
C. Jiménez
Affiliation:
Nephrology, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
Sylvia Valdezate
Affiliation:
Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
J. A. Sáez Nieto
Affiliation:
Servicio de Bacteriología, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
*
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain (maryfirm2000@msn.com)
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Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 29 , Issue 4 , April 2008 , pp. 377 - 378
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2008

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